All Blacks XV 2022
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Kirwin also shared a little “whisper” he’d heard regarding selection:
“(I) don’t know a lot about this young man but Levi Aumua, I’ve heard that he got the envelope under the door; ‘don’t name yourself available for Samoa or Fiji because we’ve got some sights on you’.”
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"What we need to make sure that people are aware of, is this is basically an All Blacks selection, so the All Blacks selectors are selecting it."
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Team announced on October 9th according to James Parsons.
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@Daffy-Jaffy said in All Blacks XV:
Team announced on October 9th according to James Parsons.
I read that this squad would be announced a day or so after the AB squad, similar to the Māori squad naming earlier in the year. The focus will be on the AB squad on Oct 9, so it makes sense to do this on separate days.
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@Bovidae said in All Blacks XV:
@Tim Good to see that the quality of RugbyPass articles hasn't improved. Who is this Kirwin fella?
Have you met his brother Dulith?
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So, 36 for the AB squad and 26 for the ABs XV with some crossover seems the intel. But,...
I struggle to see the need for 36 ABs, so I'm going for 34 and 28 - you can promote a couple as you see fit.Otherwise - I reckon the ABs will be pretty predictable.
de Groot, Bower, Tu'ungafasi
Sami T., Taylor, Coles
Lomax, Laulala, Newell
Retallick, Whitelock, SBarrett, Vaaí
Frizell, AIoane, Cane, Papali'i, Savea, Sotutu
Smith, Christie, Fakatava
Mo'unga, BBarrett,
Havili, RTS, ALB, RIoane
Clarke, Fainga'anuku, Jordan, Reece, JBarrett, PerofetaSo, an additional 28 man squad, that might have to be a bit front row heavy, given there's a few outside backs sure to be available from the ABs. Injuries might preclude a couple.
Ross, Williams, Hodgman
Aumua, McAlister, Thompson
Taávao, Jager, Franks (maybe/maybe not for Owen)
Dickson, Tuipolotou, Strange,
Sowakula, Harmon, Jacobson, Mikaele-Tu'u
Weber, Perenara, Roigard
McKenzie, Gatland
Nankivell, Ennor, Aumua
Telea, Lam, Love, ZSullivan -
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@Bones yeah you'd hope they'd look at someone younger over TJ, Weber is the senior player to mentor them, and Moorby over Love for me.
Not sure Ta'avao will be right, looked a nasty knock last night
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks XV:
@Bones yeah you'd hope they'd look at someone younger over TJ, Weber is the senior player to mentor them, and Moorby over Love for me.
Not sure Ta'avao will be right, looked a nasty knock last night
Yeah my thoughts on halfback too. I haven't seen a great amount of npc but what I've seen of Perenara and Love they're not exactly setting the world on fire.
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@Bones TJ is a slightly milder version of me picking Owen Franks. I don't think we're going to be picking our 6th halfback or tighthead over TJ or Owen for RWC so keep them involved.
I like Love, man
- he's a little bit extraneous (and my 28th pick), because a specialist wing might be more useful, but WTF!Could be miles out - hard to know who the selectors have in their sights - but, it's a very important selection to see who they think is the next tier.
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@cgrant rumours he might be off to league...so that'll put a fork in him if he is
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@taniwharugby said in All Blacks XV:
@cgrant rumours he might be off to league...so that'll put a fork in him if he is
Is his contract up for renewal? That’s what this smells like to me. It could just be this ‘rumor’ is his representatives saying if he’s not selected in the AB15 they are open to offers?
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@gt12 said in All Blacks XV:
@taniwharugby said in All Blacks XV:
@cgrant rumours he might be off to league...so that'll put a fork in him if he is
Is his contract up for renewal? That’s what this smells like to me. It could just be this ‘rumor’ is his representatives saying if he’s not selected in the AB15 they are open to offers?
It would seem a pretty weak attempt. It's not like he's a marquis player who would have teams banging down the door.
